minor-planet

minor planet

noun Astronomy.
asteroid ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1860–65

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minor planet
 
n
another name for asteroid

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Minor-planet is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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minor planet   (mī'nər)  Pronunciation Key 
See asteroid.
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